Local poverty initiatives

Local sustainable development initiatives

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Toronto, Canada

In some cases, local subscribers sustain these initiatives.

Support local women's peace initiatives and indigenous processes for conflict resolution.

Indigenous traditional knowledge systems are inherently local in character, and thus local initiatives are often the most appropriate.

6. Local authorities apos initiatives in support of Agenda 21 (chapter 28).

Improving the local coordination of initiatives for migrant women is a key aim.

Indonesia also seeks to mainstream youth employment issues into local economic development initiatives.

These local initiatives will also require international support in the form of technical cooperation and assistance designed to build local capacity.

TPN 6 on integrated local area development programme initiatives was launched in July 2005.

In 2003, supporting of local initiatives aimed at the development of villages was started.

10. UNESCO intends to stimulate and encourage international, national, regional, local and private initiatives.

2 International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and the secretariat of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Local Agenda 21 Survey, 2001.

It is thus urgent to satisfy populations most basic human needs through local development initiatives.

That is why I am keen to encourage local initiatives that have a global perspective.

Such initiatives contribute to national and local agreements to make budgetary processes more gender responsive.

This calls for a fusion of government measures and assistance with local needs and initiatives.

255. DSS has allowed resident representatives to take initiatives which have strengthened local coordination arrangements.

This requires obtaining active support for demand reduction initiatives from parents, community leaders and local institutions.

Four reports emphasize the involvement of local people in monitoring and assessing initiatives to combat land degradation.

It is important to work with and include local communities in the design of crime prevention initiatives.

Policies that helped open economic spaces for individual initiatives at the local level greatly facilitated this process.

It is still unclear whether these abductions reflects a centrally directed policy or results from local initiatives.

It will be attentive to local initiatives and will support the implementation of national plans of action.

In Ecuador, local level gender responsive budgeting initiatives resulted in a municipal decree making it a priority to hire women for infrastructure projects funded by the municipality of Cuenca, and in the establishment of a fund for local women's microenterprise initiatives.

Companies can target local suppliers of goods and services, provide training and technical assistance to help them attain necessary standards of performance, and help fund local initiatives.

To ensure the sustained effective implementation of such measures, it is important that disaster risk reduction initiatives build on the development needs and initiatives generated at the local level.

Many initiatives and programmes addressing climate change were reported as having co benefits for development and local environment.

Four reports emphasize the involvement of local people in monitoring and evaluation of initiatives to combat land degradation.

(c) Management actions initiatives undertaken by a local authority to expand coverage of basic infrastructure and or services

All of these initiatives have been extremely successful in empowering local communities to address the problems they encounter.

(ii) Encouraging a policy of active decentralization, devolving responsibility for management and decision making to local authorities, and encouraging initiatives and the assumption of responsibility by local communities and the establishment of local structures and

(ii) encouraging a policy of active decentralization, devolving responsibility for management and decision making to local authorities, and encouraging initiatives and the assumption of responsibility by local communities and the establishment of local structures and

Features The main aim of the international project, echoed by local initiatives, is to raise awareness of sustainable living and build local ecological resilience in the near future.

New and bold yet pragmatic initiatives are therefore needed that combine the efforts of local actors and external actors.

For example in the United States, the front line of public health initiatives are state and local health departments.

There, the United Nations has encouraged local leaders to take charge, while respecting the initiatives of other international participants.

Enhanced community participation in environmental management, empowerment of CBOs and strong local initiatives have been encouraged by the Convention.

Local governments should therefore develop new incentives for decentralization initiatives, for extending awareness and for application of the practices.

99. Support to community based initiatives through collaboration with local NGOs and community based organizations was expanded and strengthened.

A large number of initiatives have been taken in this respect on the local, regional and even international levels.

A focus on poverty alleviation and local management, combined with capacity building initiatives, might provide women with opportunities (and a renewed sense of enthusiasm) to engage with forestry initiatives and institutions.

Ongoing international support for local women's organizations and initiatives, geared toward promoting local national ownership and priorities, is also needed so that such organizations can act quickly when opportunities arise.

UNIFEM and many other partners are supporting wide ranging initiatives which contribute to change at the national and local levels.